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DOH! ARSON SUSPECT CLAIMS HE WAS JUST CLEANING WITH GASOLINE
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 -- 11:41 am
Posted by Riley Hebert-News Director
An Appleton man faces an arson charge after telling authorities he wasn't thinking when he decided to use gasoline for cleaning up his apartment, and then tossed a lit cigarette into a pile of gas-soaked cushions and clothes.
A criminal complaint filed Monday quotes 47-year-old Ernest Krajniak as saying he knew gasoline is flammable and never should have used it.
The complaint said that when the fire began Friday, he didn't pull the fire alarm but instead shouted "fire" a couple times and walked to the Menasha police department for an ambulance to take him to the hospital where he was treated for burns.
Firefighters said the blaze extensively damaged the apartment and caused heavy smoke damage throughout the building, putting tenants of 11 other units out of their homes.
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